Vocabulary Unit 2.2 Prose & Poetry

Front

Big idea of a story

Back

Theme

Front

Repetition of the same beginning sound in words

Back

Alliteration

Front

Sequence of events in a story: beginning, rising action, climax, ending.

Back

Plot

Front

Exaggeration for impossible description

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Human traits assigned to non-humans.

Back

Personification

Front

Character change in a story

Back

Character Development

Front

Putting key ideas of a text in your own words

Back

Summarize

Front

Comparing two things by saying one is another

Back

Metaphor

Front

A group of words with a meaning different from the individual words.

Back

Idiom

Front

Uses 'like or as' for comparison

Back

Simile